A practical essay upon the tabes dorsalis, in the way of aphorism and commentary : in which the history of that distemper is laid down, the rationale of its symptoms given, and the method of cure.

Date:
1848
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Credit: A practical essay upon the tabes dorsalis, in the way of aphorism and commentary : in which the history of that distemper is laid down, the rationale of its symptoms given, and the method of cure. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Practical Essay, &c. i . Our Knowledge oj' Nervous ^Difeafes, Is f canty and fuper- ficial. SO remote is the Nature of them from human Underftanding, that it is not yet determin’d, whether the Nerves are Tubes conveying an tethereal Fluid, or impervious and folid Bodies, whofe Functions are accountable for by mechanical Vibration, or whether both thefe co-operate to the fame End. Sydenham, who treated of other Di- feafes with much Judgment and Ac- curacy, ingenuoufly confefs’d he did not underftahd thofe of the Nerves ; F and